What is the fundamental reason behing the Chinese blackouts and what could this teach us about our modern global economy's relationship with energy? Also, what could we learn from this issue when inevitably faced with our own energy...

Economists have predicted 15 of the past 5 recessions, so should we take them seriously?



Helping you become more knowledgeable about how the world works, our content covers the biggest topics and headlines through the eyes...

Economists have predicted 15 of the past 5 recessions, so should we take them seriously?



Helping you become more knowledgeable about how the world works, our content covers the biggest topics and headlines through the eyes...

How do we make economic development work for everyone?



William Easterly (Professor of Economics @New York University and Co-director @NYU DRI) discusses the critical successes and failures of nations in the evolving globa
l...

As we learned as early as the late 1990s, international capital flows can create significant financial instability in emerging economies. Does this make it optimal to impose capital controls? Or should policymakers rely on domestic...

Justin Yifu Lin describes his work to better understand how transition economies can achieve sustainable growth, and why a closer look at unique structural conditions is essential to redefining development.



Lin is the Dean of...

George W. Bush is the second son of a former president to become president, after John Quincy Adams all the way back in 1825. Always the black sheep of the Bush dynasty, he eventually became governor of Texas, and then ran for president...

With more than $20tn in debt and a dollar pegged only to confidence in the US, is the world's economy falling apart?

With more than $20tn in debt and a dollar pegged only to confidence in the US, is the world's economy falling apart?

Global growth will continue to strengthen this year and next, but a buildup of debt poses risks and too many people are left out of the recovery, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Monday....

‘New Energy – New Economy’ was the theme of this year’s Astana Economic Forum, which brings together world leaders in the fields of economics, politics and science.



More than 4.000 participants from some 100 countries...

The Astana Economic Forum is an opportunity for international dialogue, discussion and brainstorming on a range of economic issues facing Central Asia and the rest of the world.



For Kazakhstan, it’s an ideal showcase...

Ken Courtis, chairman at Starfort Investment Holdings, on Iran and North Korea.

There has been a qualified endorsement for US President Donald Trump from the head of the International Monetary Fund.



Speaking at the World Government Summit in Dubai, Christine Lagarde expressed...

IMF economists assesses how Trump's fiscal stimulus may boost U.S. growth, but pose risks long-term

The global elite have descended on snowy Davos in Switzerland once again for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum.



World leaders, CEOs and NGO chiefs are all gathered to grapple with the...

“Too slow for too long” was the International Monetary Fund’s verdict on the global economy in mid-2016.



Modest gains in both advanced economies and emerging markets have kept growth at around three percent...

The change of administration at the White House has led to speculation about the possible lifting of US sanctions against Russia over its incursion into Crimea.



During a Euronews debate at the World Economic Forum...

It has been a bumper year for bitcoin.



Having risen in value in 2016 by 125 percent the digital currency started the new year by jumping above $1,000 for the first time in th

ree years.

As most...

Oil prices jumped on Tuesday on expectations that top producers from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries may be able to reach an agreement to pump less crude.



They needs to do that to reduce a huge...

US and global markets have resisted a Brexit type wipe out after Trump triumphed in the US presidential election.



Markets slip as Trump’s startling victory unnerves investors. “There is a bit of surprise, moderaeven.”nic